title: Remediation of hexachlorobenzene contaminated soils by rhamnolipid enhanced soil washing coupled with activated carbon selective adsorption.
abstract: The present study investigates the selective adsorption of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) from rhamnolipid solution by a powdered activated carbon (PAC). A combined soil washing-PAC adsorption technique is further evaluated on the removal of HCB from two soils, a spiked kaolin and a contaminated real soil. PAC at a dosage of 10 g L(-1) could achieve a HCB removal of 80-99% with initial HCB and rhamnolipid concentrations of 1 mg L(-1) and 3.3-25 g L(-1), respectively. The corresponding adsorptive loss of rhamnolipid was 8-19%. Successive soil washing-PAC adsorption tests (new soil sample was subjected to washing for each cycle) showed encouraging leaching and adsorption performances for HCB. When 25 g L(-1) rhamnolipid solution was applied, HCB leaching from soils was 55-71% for three cycles of washing, and HCB removal by PAC was nearly 90%. An overall 86% and 88% removal of HCB were obtained for kaolin and real soil, respectively, by using the combined process to wash one soil sample for twice. Our investigation suggests that coupling AC adsorption with biosurfactant-enhanced soil washing is a promising alternative to remove hydrophobic organic compounds from soils.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Science Research Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China.
authors.forename: Jinzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yusuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Shengtian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002606:Charcoal / Q000737:chemistry*; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000379:methods*; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D006581:Hexachlorobenzene / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012996:Solutions; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D006017:Glycolipids; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D012996:Solutions; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C418382:rhamnolipid; D002606:Charcoal; D006581:Hexachlorobenzene